Windows 11's cure for File Explorer works – I just wish Microsoft would fix things properly rather than fudge them

Latest flak fired at Windows 11 over performance is a fuss about nothing – but it still shines a light on one of Microsoft's ...
Windows Latest

Tested: Windows 11’s ‘faster’ File Explorer (preloaded) is still slower than Windows 10, and uses additional RAM

Windows 11 now preloads File Explorer to speed up launch times, but our tests show the fix only goes so far to speed-up the launch.

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Microsoft's solution for the sluggish Windows 11 File Explorer is more of a workaround than a proper fix. To boost response ...
Redmond Magazine

Set File Explorer to Open 'This PC' by Default

One of the simplest configuration changes that I have made since making the switch to Windows 11 last year was to configure the File Explorer to open to the This PC screen. Normally, when you open ...

Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it's still slower than Windows 10 and consumes more RAM. Boo

Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade ...
TweakTown

Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

Microsoft's plan to fix the slow performance of File Explorer in Windows 11 involves having the app pre-load on startup, and ...
Neowin

Windows 11 25H2 gets faster File Explorer with improved context menus, and more in new build0 0

It is Friday build time, which means those in the Dev and Beta Channel can download a new preview build. Microsoft is now rolling out build 26220.7271 with some major improvements, such as full-screen ...